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16—THE MEDICINE HAT NEWS, Friday, June 27, 1980Soviets vent anger at IIHF meetingSTENUNGSUND, Sweden (CP) — Canada and the Soviet Union haven’t been on the best of terms in international hockey since Canada cancelled the 1980 Canada Cup tournament because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.And on Thursday, the two sides got into a shouting match at the annual meeting of the International Ice Hockey Federation.Lou Lefaive, Hockey Canada president, was answering questions at an executive council meeting when Andrei Staravoitov, secretary-general of the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation, vented Soviet anger at being singled out as the cause of the cancellation. LeFaive said later the meeting was un-“We established our position and the Russians established theirs,” Lefaive said. “We accept responsibility for cancelling the tournament but, as I explained to the council, quite apart from the principle involved, we couldn’t get sponsors for the tournament because public opinion was against it taking place.”Lefaive said Canada has offered to be host for the 1981 Canada Cup, but it is unwilling to post a bond to ensure the tournament will take place.“The most we will offer theI.I.H.F. is interest on the $600,-000 ($60,000) they would have received if the tournament had taken place this September. But, we refuse to give them any guarantees with the political situation the way it isHe said that if the Soviets were to intervene again in the affairs of another country, Canada would again cancel the toummanet. “If we were to post a bond, we would want several escape clauses to cover the political situation.”Canadian teams usually are big draws in Europe. But Canada won’t be sending a team to the Rude Pravo tournament in Prague in September or the Iz-vestia tournament in Moscow in December.Hockey Canada representative Alan Eagleson said in Toronto this week that a team of National Hockey League players will represent Canada at the 1981 world tournament in Sweden. However, LeFaive said the decision on that tournament is not final.“We won't make any commitment about the worldchampionships unless the1.1.H.F. agrees to a Canada Cup next September. To put a team together ... cost us a lot of money and we want to make sure that we have some way to get it back.”He expressed hope that something could be worked out today when he meets with1.1.H.F. president Guenther Szabetski of West Germany.“The Swedes have been the most friendly about having a Canada Cup next year,” Lefaive said. “The Americans and Finns also will probablywant to play, although we haven’t had as much support here from the Americans as I might have hoped.“The Czechs have very little representation here so I don’t know their thinking.“I’m a little worried about the Russians in light of my discussions with Staravoitov, but I still think they are looking for a platform to re-establish their hockey supremacy.“They lost it at the Olympics and can now only regain itby beating the N.H.L.”The approved motion stipulates “all financial awards which recognize athletic participation and are administered through the awards office of a member institution” will not violate CIAU regulations provided they are granted “only to continuing students who have completed at least one year of full-time university study at the donor institution.”The motion also says the student is not obligated to par-MONTREAL (CP) - Mayor Jean Drapeau, apparently trying to avoid conflict with the Canadian boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, has decided not to travel personally to Moscow in July toathletics. It is hoped this provision will dissuade universities from going out and recruiting top athletes since there is no obligation on the part of the stu ent to take part in athletic activities.Sides in the issue were clearly drawn — the Western and Atlantic provinces the main proponents of the scholarship issue, Ontario and Quebec its major opponents.The assembly also gave its approval for financial assistance programs funded by the provincial and federal governments.deliver the official Olympic flag to the International Olympic Committee.However, the mayor announced today he will send two young athletes as delegates to hand over the flag, which has remained in Montreal, in keeping with Olympic tradition, since the 1976 Summer Games.Under the Olympic charter, the flag must be delivered to the IOC chairman.pleasant.UUUmI'c KICYAf tkaticipate in intercollegiateDrapeau forgoesMoscow trip
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Fri, Jun 27, 1980
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